Routing strategies for fast networks

Yossi Azar*, Joseph Naor, Raphael Rom

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Abstract

Modern fast packet switching networks are being forced to rethink the routing schemes that are used in more traditional networks. The reexamination is necessitated because in these fast networks switches on the message's route can afford to make only minimal and simple operations. For example, examining a table of a size proportional to the network size is out of the question. In this paper we examine routing strategies for such networks based on flooding and predefined routes. Our concern is to get both efficient routing and an even (balanced) use of network resources. We present efficient algorithms for assigning weights to edges in a controlled flooding scheme but show that the flooding scheme is not likely to yield a balanced use of the resources. We then present efficient algorithms for choosing routes along: 1) bfs trees and 2) shortest paths. We show that in both cases a balanced use of network resources can be guaranteed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-173
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Transactions on Computers
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Funding

FundersFunder number
Office of Naval ResearchN00014-88-K-0166
Stanford University

    Keywords

    • Bfs trees
    • Conditional probabilities
    • Controlled flooding
    • Load balancing
    • Network resources
    • Routing strategies
    • Shortest paths

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